Evening Post, Issue 67, 19 March 1936, Page 4

DECREE NISI[]

CHINAMAN'S SUIT[]

CO-RESPONDENT NOT NAMED[]

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)[]

AUCKLAND, This Day[]

An unsuccessful marital venture of a Chinese with a European woman was outlined to Mr. Justice Fair in the Supreme Court this morning when George Wong Yew sought a divorce from Edith Helen Yew on the ground of misconduct.

The petitioner, who described himself as a merchant, said he was married at Palmerston North in 1929. Later he moved to Auckland and had a trip to China, returning to Auckland, and remained there till 193 (Sic), when the respondent left for Hong Kong, it being arranged that he should join her there the following year. The petitioner gave her £140 when she was about to leave for Hong Kong. He received a letter from his wife stating that she did not wish to live with him again, and a subsequent letter stated that she had been having a hectic life and had decided long ago that it was not possible for them to live together again. She also admitted misconduct.

Mr. Schramm, for the petitioner, said that the respondent had refused to give the name of the co-respondent.

Leave having been granted to dispense with naming the co-respondent, counsel asked for a decree nisi.

His Honour agreed to accept certain affidavits and granted the decree.